Bangladesh ‘A’ team reached India yesterday to play an unofficial series, consisting three one-dayers and two three-day matches. Coach Heath…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the final squads of the participating teams for the upcoming edition of the National Cricket League (NCL) on Sunday. The current version of the league is scheduled to roll onto the grounds on September 18. It is learnt that Walton will become the title sponsor…

Mushfiqur Rahim is looking to get the service of tail-enders to add some valuable runs in the upcoming Test series against Australia. According to the Bangladesh Test captain, the tail-enders’ run could break the opponent’s morale which would favour his side at the end. “The tail-enders’…

AFP,  NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic clinched his third Grand Slam title of 2015 and 10th career major with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 triumph over sentimental…

Feni Under-15 football team, who crowned the National Under-15 Football Championship, was accorded reception at the conference room of Feni Circuit House yesterday. Feni blanked Narayanganj DSA 2-0 in the final in Dhaka on Sunday.  After being arrived in Feni, the victorious team was greeted with…

Cantonian Sporting Club were off to a bright start when they swamped Josephities 73-32 in the opening match of Citycell First Division Basketball League at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium in the capital yesterday. Bangladesh Basketball Federation vice-president Mainul Ahsan Manju inaugurated the…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Manchester City open their Champions League campaign against last season’s beaten finalists Juventus on Tuesday hoping that this…

AFP, PARIS: Struggling Marseille secured a vital three points on Sunday as they thrashed Mediterranean rivals Bastia 4-1, while Rennes climbed up to second…

AFP, DOHA: His last competitive match was in front of more than 70,000 fans but Xavi Hernandez made his Qatar Stars League debut on Sunday watched by…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Australia ended their tour of England on a high with a 3-2 victory in the one-day international series as home captain Eoin Morgan suffered concussion after being hit on the head by a bouncer. The tourists, who lost the Ashes Test series by the same scoreline, wrapped up an emphatic…

AFP, LONDON: Former Yorkshire and England captain Brian Close, one of the most physically courageous players in cricket history, has died at the age of 84, it was announced Monday. Close became the youngest player ever to win a Test cap for England when he made his debut against New Zealand in 1949…

Guarin guides Inter through AFP, MILAN: A Fredy Guarin piledriver fired Inter Milan two points clear at the top of Serie A with a 1-0 win over AC Milan, for whom Mario Balotelli made his second debut on Sunday. Having failed to qualify for Europe this season, both Milan giants are desperate to make…